White House's Medicare Pick To Be Installed

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama plans to install his nominee to oversee Medicare and Medicaid on Wednesday, using a tactic aimed at averting a bitter fight in Congress.

Dr. Donald Berwick has been awaiting a nomination hearing in Congress since Mr. Obama tapped him for the post in April. Since then, Republicans have attacked the Harvard professor and health policy expert for making favorable statements about Britain's government-run...